diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index a28ba0b7..518f8a35 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -4773,7 +4773,7 @@ function writeRegistryToFile(registryUrl, fileLocation, alwaysAuth) {
         const alwaysAuthString = `always-auth=${alwaysAuth}`;
         if (scope && includeBothRegistries === "true") {
             const registryStringNoScope = `registry=${registryUrl}`;
-            newContents += `${registryStringNoScope}${os.EOL}${registryString}${os.EOL}${alwaysAuthString}${os.EOL}${authContents}`;
+            newContents += `${registryStringNoScope}${os.EOL}${registryString}${os.EOL}${authContents}`;
         }
         else {
             newContents += `${authString}${os.EOL}${registryString}${os.EOL}${alwaysAuthString}`;
diff --git a/src/authutil.ts b/src/authutil.ts
index fac4a3fb..41ffb65e 100644
--- a/src/authutil.ts
+++ b/src/authutil.ts
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ async function writeRegistryToFile(
   const alwaysAuthString: string = `always-auth=${alwaysAuth}`;
   if(scope && includeBothRegistries === "true") {
     const registryStringNoScope = `registry=${registryUrl}`;
-    newContents += `${registryStringNoScope}${os.EOL}${registryString}${os.EOL}${alwaysAuthString}${os.EOL}${authContents}`;
+    newContents += `${registryStringNoScope}${os.EOL}${registryString}${os.EOL}${authContents}`;
   } else {
     newContents += `${authString}${os.EOL}${registryString}${os.EOL}${alwaysAuthString}`;
   }